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Pupils get close-up view of tanker in trip to oil refinery
BRIGHT sparks from Hamble Primary School were given a guided tour of Hamble's oil refinery as a reward for their hard work in the classroom. One pupil from each class attended the visit, which included a tour of the exhibition and a close-up look at
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Oak Lodge is so special
A SCHOOL for children with special needs on the Waterside has been recognised for its outstanding arts teaching and curriculum. Oak Lodge Special School in Dibden Purlieu has achieved an Artsmark's Silver award from the Arts Council England. It was
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Pupils show a healthy attitude to exercise and eating
YOUNGSTERS from a village near Winchester have been learning all about the long-term benefits of keeping fit and healthy thanks to a fun-filled event run by their primary school. The children from Owslebury Primary School enjoyed a day of sport and food
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Boat stolen from creek
A 20ft Wilson Flyer boat has been taken from its mooring at Fareham Creek. Police want to hear from anyone with information about the vessel which disappeared over the weekend. The owner had recently fitted a new £5,000 Tohatsu outboard motor to the
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School decision up to residents
People in Whiteley are being given a final chance to say whether part of their recreation ground should be used as the site for a new primary school. Residents now have until the end of the month to decide whether they want part of the Meadowside Recreation
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Assault course kids
YOUNGSTERS from a Hampshire school have been put through their paces to celebrate completing their exams. The Year 6 students from Ranvilles Primary School in Fareham wrote to various organisations asking if they could offer a reward for all the hard
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£100,000 spent on landscaping
OPEN spaces around Winchester city centre flats have been given a six-figure makeover. Landscaping has been redone at Godson, Lawn and Windsor Houses in a £100,000 improvement scheme by the city council. Some 100,000 sunken and damaged bricks have been
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Wessex Cancer Trust
THE Wessex Cancer Trust celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Since 1981 the trust has raised more than £14m. Cathy Wallace spoke to staff and patients about its vital work. MY whole world fell apart. I was told I had just a one in four chance
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Firm delivers charity boost
A TRIO of international rugby captains helped express delivery giant TNT in Southampton celebrate a record-breaking fundraising drive to help disadvantaged and disabled children the length and breadth of Britain. In 2006 TNT Express Services has raised
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Barbara Williamson
email: babs_bee@yahoo.co.uk Says: I am trying to trace any ex-St. Anne's 'girls' who were in my year(1959-1966) A few of us have been meeting up for a reunion but this year we hope to make it bigger and better as it is 40 years from our A Levels. If
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SAINTS 2 - STOKE 0
THERE WAS something utterly inevitable about the identity of the man who would break the strikers' scoring duck at St Mary's Theo Walcott, at just 16, seems to be smashing records every week and this was certainly one that needed breaking. Not since
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MILWALL 0 - SAINTS 2
SO JUST what have Saints got in Theo Walcott? A promising youngster? A saviour? The real deal? The answer remains to be seen but, as long he keeps up this form, it could well be all three. There is a funny kind of thing going on with Walcott - it
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SAINTS 1 - WATFORD 3
THE fact only 19,202 turned up for this match was an indictment on Saints' season. The fact that with 15 minutes left a third of them had gone home, was even sadder. At the start of the season, with optimism high, if you had guessed the attendance
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LEEDS 2 - SAINTS 1
LAST NIGHT'S match at Leeds will be remembered for three significant things. Firstly, it ended a club and Football League equalling record of eight draws in row - sadly, though, with a defeat. Secondly, Theo Walcott started his first game for the
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CREWE 1 - SAINTS 1
WHAT A SURREAL weekend in the world of the Saints. On Friday night many of the fans, officials and media that were travelling to watch the first team take on Crewe the following day decamped to Anfield. The grand old home of Liverpool, a magical
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SAINTS 1 - COVENTRY 1
EVEN THOUGH much of the excitement has petered out, the end of this season is proving a valuable learning curve for Saints. It seems odd for spectators to go to the matches without having a great deal to worry about. Saints aren't going to go up
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PRESTON 1 - SAINTS 1
AFTER 18 MONTHS out you could have forgiven Michael Svensson for slowly building himself back up again. What you would not expect is the big Swedish centre half to come in again when not even totally ready and look as if he'd never even been away.
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SAINTS 3 - SHEFF WED 0
WHAT'S THAT old saying about waiting for buses and loads coming along at once? It was the way of things at St Mary's on Saturday, thanks to a Saints side fresh from promising displays against Reading, Preston and Newcastle. How refreshing to see
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SAINTS 0 - READING 0
THIS MATCH report should come with a Government health warning - you may have read this before. Saints dominate at home, they play well, decent football, they miss chances, don't score when they're on top, end up with a draw when they should have won
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NEWCASTLE 1- SAINTS 0
FOOTBALL'S a funny old game, they say - well, it certainly was on Saturday. While on the face of it defeat and being knocked out of the FA Cup is not a reason for amusement, the manner in which Saints departed the famous old competition produced two
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SAINTS 0 - PLYMOUTH 0
EIGHT league matches unbeaten might look impressive - but right now Saints are going backwards rather than forward. In the league table they are now four full wins behind leaders Sheffield United while Reading, their opponents on Wednesday, are pulling
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SAINTS 0 - PRESTON 0
STATISTICS can sometimes be misleading - but put into context they always tell a story. Two goals in the last eight matches certainly tells a tale for Saints, a very frustrating one. But put into context there have also been four clean sheets in
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MANSFIELD 1 - SAINTS 0
Relegation from the Premiership to the 'Fizzy Pop' League was bad enough. But last night a teenager called Giles Coke heaped more misery on sorry Saints. Three months after being sent down to the Coca Cola Championship, Mansfield midfielder Coke's
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READING 2 - SAINTS 0
SAINTS may not have taken any points at Reading last night - but they could at least take some heart. In a team that has been changed so many times this season, three more debutants were introduced by George Burley ... taking the total number of players
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Tournament may lead to new club
MORE THAN 70 players took part when the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Whiteley hosted a netball challenge tournament. Ten teams from the Winchester district entered the tournament with players of a variety of different abilities competing, some of who
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Grand Prix starts – in the City!
THE impact of this weekend's British Motocross Grand Prix will be felt in Southampton long before its first staging at the Matterley Bowl near Winchester. A high octane motocross procession hits Southampton City Centre tomorrow when 26 spectacular competition
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DIVING - Schools gala will provide future aces
The fourth annual Southampton Schools' diving competition takes place at The Quays this Saturday (10am-4pm). In contrast to recent county and district competitions held at the pool, this will be the first diving event that most of the competitors have
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DIVING - Why I don’t do the national lottery ...
SOUTHAMPTON diving star Peter Waterfield has revealed how London winning the 2012 Olympics has extended his career. And Waterfield was able to explain the double boost lottery funding has had on him when he met Camelot chief executive Dianne Thompson
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Athletics - West leads Dad home
SOUTHAMPTON Running Club's Matt West made cool running of the Braishfield 5 with a personal best in the extreme heat. West clocked a personal best time of 27min 17sec for the popular race, organised by Romsey Road Runners, despite temperatures hitting
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Chris sets up revenge win
CHRIS Tremlett made a fiery return from injury to help Hampshire finally gain revenge on the Southern Electric Premier League XI. The England paceman fired down four hostile overs and finished with 3-11 as the professionals triumphed by 61 runs in last
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Premier League’s batsmen left reeling by a quick T & T
SOUTHERN Premier XI skipper Richard Scott admitted his side's hopes had been blitzed by Hampshire's opening bowling pair in their 61-run defeat to Hampshire. Chris Tremlett, returning from injury, and left-arm seamer James Tomlinson grabbed five wickets
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Yeldon quits, but City claim: We’ll be okay
SALISBURY City have suffered an unexpected setback in the wake of promotion to the Nationwide Conference South. Director Peter Yeldon, whose financial input was instrumental in Whites' march to the Southern Premier Division title, has resigned from the
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VT land striker Mason
WESSEX outfit VT FC have pipped at least two Southern League clubs to sign ex-Eastleigh striker Barry Mason. The pacy 21-year-old hitman has opted to climb aboard with the Boatmen despite interest from Andover and Lymington & New Milton, where he had
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Wyeth on move again?
WINCHESTER City could be about to wipe the smile off Gosport boss Alex Pike's face by hi-jacking their summer signing Sam Wyeth. The 20-year-old defender/midfielder,right, is one of a batch of three players to have joined Gosport this summer from BAT
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Completely Hollywood – Reduced Shakespeare Company, Lighthouse, Poole
THEY'VE reduced Shakespeare, abridged the Bible, abbreviated American history and compressed literature now the RSC are doing their level best to condense Hollywood. The show provides a whistlestop tour through every aspect of movie-making the films
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Musicians put Sparks into global festival
TOP American band Sparks, acclaimed singer songwriter Richard Thompson, world music stars Osibisa, Mercury Music Award nominee Seth Lakeman and folk rock pioneers Steeleye Span are among the headline artists confirmed for this year's Wickham Festival.
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Unions urge OS workers to stay firm
ORDNANCE Survey staff showed the strength of feeling about their pay dispute when more than 250 turned out for a meeting on the strike vote. The open-air event saw fed-up workers give up their lunch hour to hear Prospect union chiefs urge them to stay
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Flying the flag for England
EVERY day is a flag day at the moment for Anthony Baddams and his family thanks to their passion for the World Cup. They have decorated their home in Derby Road, Southampton, with dozens of England flags. Chelsea fan Anthony, 38, said: "I'm enjoying
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Emergency car named in memory of Hannah
SHE will never have the chance to fulfil her ambition to be a doctor, but the name Hannah Foster will be permanently linked to the profession after an emergency car was paid for with money raised in her memory. The car bearing her name will be used by
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Writers put pen to paper for conference
ORGANISERS of a Hampshire based international writing festival have had a deluge of entries for the event's 15 competitions. Winchester Writers' Conference founder director Barbara Large and her staff have been sorting through an avalanche of mail each
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Groups join fight to stop homes being built
A CAMPAIGN to prevent south Hampshire being swamped by thousands of new homes is gathering momentum. More than 22 organisations, from councils to pressure groups and environmentalists have joined South Hampshire's Unheard Voices (SHUV) to fight plans
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Missing brothers found drinking in pub
TWO men who sparked a major Coastguard search when they were reported missing were found drinking in a Hampshire pub. A panicked phone call from the men's mother led to a massive rescue operation costing more than £10,000. However all the time the two
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Musician dies after long illness
A POPULAR Hampshire musician and jeweller has died following a long illness. Coming from a celebrated musical family his cousin Mike was a founding member of Manfred Mann Nick Hug, pictured, was 54. For the past 20 years his various bands including
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Take a trip to Germany with new air routes
SAINTS sponsor Flybe has launched new routes from Southampton to Dusseldorf and Hannover. Twice-daily flights to Dusseldorf and a daily service to Hannover, both in Germany, will run throughout the winter season. Dusseldorf, on the river Rhine, is a
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QM2 sails on pink pound
SOUTHAMPTON'S Queen Mary 2 has been specially chartered for the first ever transatlantic voyage for gay men and lesbians only. The world's biggest passenger liner, with up to 2,620 gay travellers on board, is due to leave New York for the six-day crossing
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Wright's return
Jermaine Wright is on his way back to Saints. The midfielder, released by Leeds recently, will join Saints for pre-season training when George Burley's squad report back on June 26. Burley, right, is then hoping to tie up a permanent deal for Wright
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Welcome back Corazon!
SHE'S back! After her successful three-month fight to stay in the UK, Filipino nurse Corazon Caro is back at work at Southampton General Hospital. The delighted nurse only received her new visa, work permit and passport yesterday but when she phoned
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QM2 sails on pink pound
SOUTHAMPTON'S Queen Mary 2 has been specially chartered for the first ever transatlantic voyage for gay men and lesbians only. The world's biggest passenger liner, with up to 2,620 gay travellers on board, is due to leave New York for the six-day crossing
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It’s Child of the Year 2006
TIME is running out for parents who want to put their youngsters forward for the Daily Echo Child of the Year 2006 competition. Proud mums and dads have just four days including today to get their children involved. Entries have been pouring in for
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Sea a job you’d like?
JUST a quick glance at the local Yellow Pages tells you if you want to work around the sea, you're living in the right part of the country. Yacht-brokers, boatbuilders, chandlers, haulage, mechanics, clothing, safety equipment, PR, marketing, deep-sea
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Dock Movements
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Texas, roro, 0830, 34/35; OOCL Asia, container, 1200, 206; Maersk Gateshead, container, 1330, 305 Today's principal Southampton departures: APL Iris, container, 0100, 205; Texas, roro, 1800, 34/35; Archangelgracht
